Doncaster RLFC • Dons V London Skolars Sunday 4th September 2022 3pm
The final league game of the season. With N Wales playing Swinton on Saturday, we'll know exactly what we need to do on Sunday.
Here's a reminder of the various scenarios:
How we finish second: Can’t be done as Swinton or N Wales get points in their final game so we can't catch them.
How we finish third: We beat London and overtake the losers of Swinton v N Wales on points difference.
How we finish fifth: We lose to London and Rochdale beat Keighley
How we finish fourth: We beat London but don’t overcome the Swinton/N Wales points diff or we lose to London with Rochdale losing to Keighley.
The winner of the Oldham v Hunslet game will finish in the last play-off place. A draw will suffice for Hunslet.
Dons and points diff:
We’re 78 points adrift of N Wales and 253 adrift of Swinton. Realistically we can’t overtake Swinton.
We need Swinton to beat N Wales by as many as possible (which will come off their +78, and we need to make up the rest of the difference when beating London).
If we can beat London by 78, it would guarantee we’d be above N Wales providing they lost to Swinton.
Play-offs: The team finishing second gets a bye in the first round of the play-offs. Team 3 is at home to Team 4. The winners is then away to Team 2. The winner of that match is at home in the final. The losers gets a second chance but would be away in the final.
Best scenario is that Swinton beat N Wales, we overcome the N Wales points diff and then play N Wales at home in the first play-off game, followed by a trip to Swinton. A win at Swinton would see us at home in the final.
If we finish fourth, we're away to the loser of this weekend's N Wales v Swinton game, then away to the winner of the N Wales v Swinton game. Winning both would mean we'd be at home in the final.
The play-off format in full is below:
RFL_League_1_playoff_structure_2021.jpg
Here's a reminder of the various scenarios:
How we finish second: Can’t be done as Swinton or N Wales get points in their final game so we can't catch them.
How we finish third: We beat London and overtake the losers of Swinton v N Wales on points difference.
How we finish fifth: We lose to London and Rochdale beat Keighley
How we finish fourth: We beat London but don’t overcome the Swinton/N Wales points diff or we lose to London with Rochdale losing to Keighley.
The winner of the Oldham v Hunslet game will finish in the last play-off place. A draw will suffice for Hunslet.
Dons and points diff:
We’re 78 points adrift of N Wales and 253 adrift of Swinton. Realistically we can’t overtake Swinton.
We need Swinton to beat N Wales by as many as possible (which will come off their +78, and we need to make up the rest of the difference when beating London).
If we can beat London by 78, it would guarantee we’d be above N Wales providing they lost to Swinton.
Play-offs: The team finishing second gets a bye in the first round of the play-offs. Team 3 is at home to Team 4. The winners is then away to Team 2. The winner of that match is at home in the final. The losers gets a second chance but would be away in the final.
Best scenario is that Swinton beat N Wales, we overcome the N Wales points diff and then play N Wales at home in the first play-off game, followed by a trip to Swinton. A win at Swinton would see us at home in the final.
If we finish fourth, we're away to the loser of this weekend's N Wales v Swinton game, then away to the winner of the N Wales v Swinton game. Winning both would mean we'd be at home in the final.
The play-off format in full is below:
RFL_League_1_playoff_structure_2021.jpg
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